Doug Bird vs. Harry Courtney — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Courtney
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Courtney built a career as a starting pitcher and Doug Bird as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doug Bird posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.339 compared to 4.91 and 1.648 for Harry Courtney. By the career numbers, Doug Bird had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Harry Courtney

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.91
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.08
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.9
44.9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.38
56.38
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.41
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
4.91
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1331
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
443.2
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
9.44
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518
10.51
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.51
10.51
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.37
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
4.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
2.27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.804
0.804
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.733
0.733
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.37
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2010
40.77
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.65
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
6
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.648
1.648
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
36.09
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.77
40.77

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Harry Courtney

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3641
27
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1213.2
9
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.117
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Harry Courtney

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
96
329.14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
558.86
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.671
0.671
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
140.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
89.14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
37.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.29
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.43
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
51.43
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.23
59.07
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
12
80
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
209.14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
164.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.657
0.657
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.557
0.557
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
65.14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
78.86
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
140.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.48
63.37
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
24
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
96
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.25
6.25
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
5
17.14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA